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1001980

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Fracking: Lancashire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what comparative assessment his Department has made of geological activity in Fylde (a) since the commencement of exploratory drilling at the Preston New Road Shale Gas site and (b) prior to such drilling.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	188137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>This is publicly available information:</p><p><a href="https://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/groundwater/shaleGas/monitoring/lancashire.html" target="_blank">https://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/groundwater/shaleGas/monitoring/lancashire.html</a>.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/11/2018 17:43:10 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1002679

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Fracking: Lancashire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of planning permission breaches at the Preston New Road Shale gas site since the commencement of exploratory drilling.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	188797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not record centrally the number of breaches of planning control that may have occurred at any particular development site. Enforcement action against any suspected breaches of planning control is a matter for local planning authorities. Local authorities who wish to take enforcement action against breaches of planning control can bid for resources from the Department’s £1.6 million shale support funding scheme.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 16/11/2018 14:40:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1001983

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Northern: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of service cancellations by Northern Rail since April 2018; and what assessment he has made of the effect of those service cancellations on passenger outcomes.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	188139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Since April 2018 the number of Northern services cancelled have been 12,076. This consists of Northern responsible, Network Rail responsible, and Other Operators responsible full cancellations. As a result of the effect on passengers the Department ensured that an appropriate compensation package was provided by the rail industry for those most affected.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 15/11/2018 14:56:55 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1001984

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Northern: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to hold Northern Rail to account for its level of service performance.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	188140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department, through the Rail North Partnership which is jointly managed with Transport for the North, constantly monitors Northern’s contractual compliance relating to service performance and will hold them to account for any non-compliance through the existing mechanisms within the Franchise</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 15/11/2018 15:18:49 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1001985

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Northern: Timetables
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with Northern Rail on recent timetable problems.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	188141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State recently appointed Richard George to work with the rail industry on performance improvements to the existing timetable. Richard George has a wealth of industry experience including as Director of Transport for the London Olympics in 2012.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 15/11/2018 15:25:46 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1002681

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Northern: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of compensation payments made by Network Rail to Northern Rail as a result of disruption to the infrastructure network in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	188799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>Compensation payments made by Network Rail to Northern Rail as a result of disruption to the infrastructure network in 2018 are governed by the contractual agreements between Network Rail and the operator and are therefore a matter for them and not the Department.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 16/11/2018 14:44:57 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1002682

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Northern: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has been made of the value of compensation payments made by Northern Rail to rail passengers in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	188800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The latest figures on the value of compensation payments paid by Northern Rail to passengers that are held by the Department for Transport are to the end of the 2017/18 financial year. These were published on 1 October <strong>[</strong><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/744567/2017-2018-passenger-compensation-figures.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/744567/2017-2018-passenger-compensation-figures.pdf</strong></a><strong>]</strong> and show that, in 2017/18, Northern Rail paid £567,000 in compensation to rail passengers.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 15/11/2018 13:20:06 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies